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Founded in 1973 by Guido Noselli, Outline is an industry leading manufacturer of premier sound reinforcement systems. Outline develops, engineers and manufactures large, medium, and small format loudspeakers as well as innovative FPGA-based and related technologies for the concert sound and pro audio markets.

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There are over 4000+ Outline installations worldwide. We have reliable high quality products that are designed to deliver great sound in any acoustical environment.

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Our production partners throughout the world provide the highest level of professional sound for stadiums, arenas, clubs, corporate events and more for all sizes of audiences and venues.

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Outline NEWTON is a full-featured, FPGA-based ‘Multi Media Nucleus’ that takes technology convergence for audio-visual systems to the next level. Discover more in our website: click here!

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As part of the pop superstar’s extensive Purpose tour, Justin Bieber entertained his contingent of Welsh fans in Cardiff’s Principality Stadium with the aid of London-based audio specialist, Capital Sound. To ensure the Beliebers got the best show possible, Capital rolled out a complete Outline GTO system. Read the full story on TPi Magazine

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ENG First Festival was launched in 2013 at Genoa’s “Stadium”, and immediately became a key event on the Italian club culture scenario, as it was the first real festival in Genoa entirely dedicated to EDM. Among its headliners, the event has hosted artistes of the calibre of Chris Liebing, Sven Väth, Jeff Mills, Nina Kraviz and Josh Wink, while the headliners at the last edition included Loco Dice, with the support of Marco Faraone. Once again this year, the organizers confirmed Show Technologies TM of Recco (Genoa) as the rental company for the supply of the Outline sound rig. Sacha Bozzo of Show Technologies TM explains, “The rig, with a stereo format, consisted in twelve Butterfly systems per side, approximately 14 metres apart and flown at a height of 11 metres from the ground. The grid from which we flew the hardware was very large, so the load capacity for each intersection was just 100 kilos. By adding just one reinforcement beam we managed to realize two clusters with an overall weight for each group of enclosures – including cables and array frames – of less than 500 kilos. In spite of the light weight, we obtained excellent coverage, in […]

Progressive Rock Legend Steve Hackett Tours With Capital Sound And Outline’s GTO C-12 One of the few guitarists working in popular music whose style is instantly recognisable, Steve Hackett is revered among aficionados of progressive rock as one of the most distinctive and influential musicians within the genre. After seven years in Genesis he left to pursue a solo career in 1977 and has since released 25 albums of his own material. His work encompasses many styles including rock, pop, blues, world music and classical music, yet all of which retains a flavour that is wholly his own. For his recent ‘Genesis Revisited With Classic Hackett 2017 Tour’ he presented a show in two parts – the first being his own material, followed by a re-reading of some of his better-known work with Genesis. A highly successful UK theatre tour throughout April and May culminated in a sold-out show at London’s Palladium. Capital Sound Hire deployed part of their Outline GTO C-12 inventory for the dates, mixed at FOH by Ben Fenner who has worked with Steve Hackett (both live and in the studio) since 1992. Outline caught up with the tour at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham where […]

Musician, songwriter, singer, producer and one of progressive rock’s most distinctive guitar stylists, the UK leg of Steve Hackett’s recent ‘Genesis Revisited With Classic Hackett 2017 Tour’ recently culminated in a sold-out show at London’s Palladium. Mixed at FOH by Ben Fenner who has worked with Steve Hackett (both live and in the studio) since 1992 and ably supported by System Technician Toby Donovan, the tour utilised part of Capital Sound’s inventory of Outline GTO C-12 line-array modules plus GTO-SUB low-frequency elements and LIPF-082 stage-lip fills, all driven by Powersoft X8 amplifiers. Ben Fenner says, “I’m looking for “Width, depth and clarity, delivered with effortless power and giving a sense of immersion in the soundscape. Big, wide and impressive is what I’m after, but not loud as an end in itself; the capability for high sound pressure levels should be there, but more for the clean headroom than flattening the audience’s and my ears!” He continues, “The sound produced by the guys on stage is rich, full and symphonic, and it is essential that I have a PA that capable of delivering this to all corners of the auditorium. The reach of this system is phenomenal – the people at […]

“The easiest, fastest, and most accurate prediction software out there” is now even better Prediction and simulation software is acknowledged by today’s audio pros as being a vital tool in getting the best out of modern loudspeaker systems. Some of the world’s most authoritative sound designers and acoustic consultants have already praised Outline’s OpenArray1 software for its “surgical’ precision” when designing loudspeaker systems for venues throughout the world but, following the on-going fine-tuned research by its in-house team and valuable feedback on behalf of its distributors, the company has just released the new version of its (free) simulation software: OpenArray2. Described by one user as “The easiest, fastest, and most accurate prediction software out there”, this fundamental tool, which predicts the results expected from either live performances or installations involving Outline’s wide range of loudspeaker systems (line arrays, subwoofers and point source systems), enabling users to cover every position in a listening space with even the most unusual configuration, is in fact a software package consisting of just a single installation file requiring a Windows 64-bit OS. OpenArray2 employs a proprietary calculation technique that greatly accelerates the calculation process and maintains prediction accuracy: its highly reliable simulations are in fact […]

Italian loudspeaker manufacturer Outline announces the launch of the next generation in multi-function processing and control – the all-new ‘Newton’ will make its debut at the forthcoming Prolight+Sound expo in Frankfurt (April 4th-7th incl). Newton is a full-featured, FPGA-based ‘Multi Media Nucleus’ that takes technology convergence for audio-visual systems to the next level. In addition to comprehensive loudspeaker system control facilities it additionally offers media conversion, sync and clock management plus audio distribution with networking capability, along with a very high potential i/o count (up to 216 in both directions simultaneously). Newton also features several innovations that solve common real-world problems. As standard it is fitted with Analogue, AES, MADI optical, MADI coaxial and Dante inputs and outputs, which can be freely mixed and matched to suit the application. Further, it has the unique ability to simultaneously manage multiple clocks from different sources: this means that several non-synchronised digital protocols can be connected to Newton without affecting the phase coherence of the audio outputs. At a point where systems convergence and integration is more important than ever, this feature is set to make life a great deal easier for many professional users globally. Newton is also equipped for the most […]

The incredible global success of multi-national pop / classical sensations Il Divo continues as their ‘Amor & Pasión’ World Tour 2016 concluded with over 40 dates across the USA and Canada between September and November. Their ‘Amor & Pasión’ album, released in late 2015, debuted at the top of the Billboard Latin Albums chart and the supporting tour visited 30 countries. Following the very successful UK and European legs, for which London-based Capital Sound supplied their Outline GTO C-12 system, the north American shows were handled by Special Event Services (SES) of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. A long-time user of Outline systems, SES added GTO C-12 to their inventory for the tour. SES Vice-President Jason Farah describes his company’s experiences with the GTO C-12 on tour with Il Divo… “SES has enjoyed Outline’s GTO for years but this was our first tour with the C-12 system. I can tell you that, where GTO is unsurpassed as a large-format stadium-capable system, the C-12 is even better suited for theatre (and likely arena) deployments. Our system tech, Bryan Kiger, who was familiar with the GTO, was quite pleasantly surprised when he first setup and ran initial test tracks through the C-12.” “Clearly, Outline have refined […]

The Dalai Lama stresses India’s role in global responsibility and Outline gets the word across With his inimitable combination of Buddhist wisdom and contemporary values, his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama addressed over three thousand Indian youngsters, scholars and social visionaries on “Reviving Indian Wisdom in Contemporary India’ at Talkatora indoor stadium in New Delhi. To ensure appropriate vocal intelligibility, fundamental for communicating the profound content of a talk of this kind, and the power to do so in a large venue, the organizers (Vidyaloke) called in Global Pro-Audio Management, who deployed an Outline sound rig featuring several models from the Italian manufacturer’s range: GTO C-12, DBS 18-2, Mantas 28, Doppia II 9075, DVS 15P iSP and iSM 115. Tibetan Buddhists believe the Dalai Lamas to be manifestations of the Bodhisattva of Compassion and the patron saint of Tibet, enlightened beings who have postponed their own nirvana and chosen to be reborn to serve humanity. His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, currently the spiritual leader of Tibet, was born to a farming family in 1935 in a small north-eastern Tibetan village and recognized at a very young age as the reincarnation of the previous Dalai Lama. At the event, His Holiness he […]

German Techno divo and GTO get them bopping in Florence Florence – Staged since 2006, Nextech is one of Italy’s longest lasting electronic and visual arts festivals, drawing top international EDM artists to Florence and enabling fans to discover suggestive locations in the Tuscan “capital”, creating a unique atmosphere with its mainstream and trendsetting sounds. For the last four years, Nextech has been held in the Cavaniglia hall, in the conference hub hosted by Florence’s spectacular Renaissance Fortezza da Basso, and headliner at the December 2016 edition, Nextech Legend, was Germany’s Chris Liebing. Liebing has dedicated the past 25 years of his life to the performance, production, distribution and broadcasting of Techno at global level. He has run a club and held residencies in many of the most prestigious venues worldwide, playing for established nights like Cocoon, Carl Cox and Music On in Ibiza, he now has a residency for HYTE at the island´s iconic Amnesia club. He has also produced his own music and other artists’, hosted radio shows, won numerous awards and founded his CLR label (Chris Liebing Recordings, later changed to “Create Learn Realize”). For more complex and song-based releases, sub-label CLRX was founded and launched with […]

Famed Italian loudspeaker manufacturer Outline showcases its “Contemporary Loudspeaker solutions for multiple applications” at ISE 2017 Amsterdam (Hall #7 – Booth W172). This new series from Outline offers a complete range of high quality solutions for a large number of applications. The flexibility and common-voicing of the Vegas range makes it a very attractive “toolbox” for contractors, installers/specifiers, integrators and selected sound production professionals. All models feature premium-class Italian-made components and are designed, sourced and manufactured following the same stringent quality standards Outline applies to all of its high-end touring audio products, to been heard on key tours and festivals worldwide. Common characteristics are high intelligibility scale ratings, extraordinary audio fidelity, attractive price points and excellent power-to-size ratios. The brand new full range two-way solutions – Vegas 6.5, Vegas 10, Vegas 12, Vegas 15 – are equipped with a low frequency woofer and fitted with a compression driver and passive crossover manufactured with top grade components. On the Vegas 10, Vegas 12 and Vegas 15 models, the compression driver is mounted on a rotatable waveguide (90° x 60°), offering even greater flexibility. The waveguide, which can be rotated through 90°, ensures the required dispersion is achieved, no matter what position […]

Lagos, Nigeria – ​For the ​fourth year running, Cytech World Communication provided an Outline sound system for ‘The Experience’, with production and control services supplied by Subfrantic Production Services Ltd​. The event, held in Lagos’ Tafawa-Balewa Square and organised by The House on the Rock Church, is ​considered ​the world’s largest Gospel concert and attracted a crowd of ​700,000. The last edition featured ​an array of music ministers including Don Moen, Donnie McClurkin, Frank Edwards, Smokie Norful, Travis Greene, Chioma Jesus, Tope Alabi, and the Lagos Metropolitan Gospel Choir of House on The Rock amongst others.The Experience’s FOH audio set-up comprised 30 GTO C-12 line-source systems plus two underhung GTO-DF (down-fill) modules, while 16 DBS 18-2, eight Subtech 218 and four LAB 21 HS subwoofers ensured the low and infra-low frequencies power and precision. Eighteen more GTO C-12 elements were selected to provide the necessary coverage width for audience areas near the side of the stage, and 32 Butterfly ​systems ​were fielded as delay units. Eight DVS 12 enclosures filled in the nearfield, and two Doppias combined with four Subtech 218 handled sidefill. The whole system was powered by Outline T-Series amplifiers. With a limited time frame at its disposal […]

With a career spanning almost five decades, Status Quo are one of the few acts who can genuinely be called ‘legends’. Over 100 single releases, 60 UK chart hits (more than any other rock band) including 22 in the top ten, the opening act for ‘Live Aid’ in 1985 and recipients of industry awards beyond counting, the band have been a fixture in the UK’s musical landscape seemingly for ever. Perhaps less well-known but just as significant is their long commitment to charities including The Prince’s Trust, the British Heart Foundation and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy. In early 2016 the band announced their final electric tour, the appropriately-named ‘Last Night Of The Electrics’, for which London-based Capital Sound deployed their Outline GTO C-12 rig. Long-standing FOH engineer Andy May agreed to use the system following a recommendation from Dave Roden (who used it for The Stereophonics during the summer) and has subsequently taken to it: “The Status Quo ‘sound’ is so well-known that nearly anyone with a passing interest in music from 60’s / 70’s / 80’s will recognise a Quo song, even if they don’t know the title. The band are very ‘brand aware’ and play the card well. I […]

Electric Jungle Music Festival is the first and biggest EDM festival in South China and this year’s edition was staged at the huge Shenzhen Universiade Center, inaugurated just five years ago and designed to host not only international sports, but also large-scale events and concerts, such as the Festival, committed to creating a rich, flexible and highly interactive world-class stage offering a wide variety of on-site activities as well as the music. The festival, which featured sets by jungle artists such as R3HAB, Knife Party and Adventure Club, was presented by Jungle Events and organised by MNET Media. For the second consecutive year, Guangzhou Haona Audio Equipment Co Ltd. was the Festival’s audio supplier. As well as lasting longer than in the past (two days instead of one), the festival also added a new stage this year and Haona, Italian audio manufacturer Outline’s distributor for China, fitted it out with twelve of the company’s GTO loudspeakers and six GTO-Subs. The rig was powered by a pair of Outline X8 and twelve Outline T11 amplifiers. Outline’s loudspeaker systems were also deployed for coverage for the event’s VIP area: six Outline GTO C-12 line source arrays. Company president Kong Qinghua explained, “The […]

Italian pro-audio manufacturer Outline recently announced the latest addition to its international distribution network. Singapore-based OneCircle LLP has been appointed as sole distributor for Singapore and Brunei and takes its place alongside over sixty Outline distributors on five continents. Although helming a newly formed company, OneCircle’s founder and managing partner Hikam Ali explains that he is more than familiar with Outline’s product range, as he worked for Outline’s previous distributor in Singapore. OneCircle has decided to concentrate solely on Outline Audio, without compromising its standards handling other brands, and is therefore fully committed to solely promoting Outline. He adds, “By demonstrating portable, live sound and fixed install systems in schools, places of worship and other venues, we’re making sure the systems are being heard, and we believe that potential clients will be convinced that Outline offers the best of its class in all fields once they have heard its products properly.” In July 2016, OneCircle supported a pro-audio workshop held at the Malaysian Mega Chinese Methodist Church. “The 17 churches that attended during the week for the demonstrations in Petaling Jaya were really impressed,” explained OneCircle Director/Partner Miqael Das. “We are committed to education and helping users in the audio […]

Headquartered in Belgrade (Serbia) and with branch offices in Russia and Macedonia, SVETLOST TEATAR Company was recently appointed Outline distributor for Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia. The company is one of the leading stage equipment contractors and theatrical system integrators and for over twenty years has designed, manufactured and installed stage, studio and theatrical equipment for the performance industry. Regarding the company’s appointment, PR manager Jovan Dunjic states, “With its superb quality, Outline will definitely open the doors to markets we were not previously involved in. Outline’s large, medium, and small format loudspeakers, as well as its innovative DSP-based and related technologies, enable us to ensure top-grade equipment for a really wide range of applications, such as performing arts venues, cinemas, sport halls, etc.“ Depending on the size of the auditorium and application for which the hall is intended, different lines of products are interesting. Another line that also has iMode technology, the DVS series, provides great SPL coverage in medium sized theaters and, for larger venues, all the products in the Line Array ranges are interesting. MiniCompass is particularly interesting because of its self-powered system equipped with Outline’s iMode Technology, which provides a platform for advanced loudspeaker control.” SVETLOST TEATAR […]

Brescia (Italy), 29 August 2016 – Such a grand scale event as the recent World Youth Days, held in the former Polish capital city of Kraków, required a sound system to deliver the words of worship, clearly and intelligibly, to the vast crowd of 2.5 million pilgrims from all around the globe, gathered on the 1,200-acre site of Brzegi’s Campus Misericordiae. The company entrusted with supplying this was Poznan based rental company Gigant Sound Letus. They delivered system sets including a total of 66 delay towers (with equipment on two towers and altar doubled, to create 70 towers), spread over huge distances, all of which comprised Outline premium GTO, C-12 and Mantas line arrays powered by Powersoft K Series and X Series amplifiers. It was one of the biggest ever deployments of the two Italian manufacturers’ inventories. In fact, this required a vast international collaboration as the amount of gear needed to do the job extended to 600 line array modules. This amazing number of speakers was powered by around 200 Powersoft amplifiers (34 x X8 Dante ) and 80 x K10, 30 x K20 and 56 x series T7/T9/T11 DSP + KAESOP. This was all connected to a single […]

Luca Giaroli @ PRO AVL, Singapore, is going to hold two presentations of Outline’s revolutionary product NEWTON. Don’t miss your chance to discover more about the appliance that is going to set a new audio world standard!

Among the numerous large rallies staged throughout Italy for and against the proposed law regarding same-sex civil unions and adoptions by same-sex couples, one of those that attracted the widest media coverage was the “Family Day” staged in January at Rome’s Circus Maximus.

Flero (BS), 26th April 2016 – The first edition of MUSIC INSIDE RIMINI (7-9 May – Rimini Fiera) has all the right cards to revolutionize and anticipate the future of the international trade fair market starting from Italy.

Italian loudspeaker manufacturer Outline s.r.l., announces the appointment of TRIUS Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG as its new distributor for Outline’s complete family of professional loudspeaker and electronic products in Germany and Austria.

Over 500,000 people attended Africa’s largest concert – The Experience – a mega concert at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos, Nigeria. The Experience is an interdenominational gospel concert and word-based gathering organized in Nigeria by The House On The Rock, a vibrant, multi-ethnic church.

Although the northern Hungarian town of Tokaj and the surrounding district are internationally famous for their wine production, the area has recently hit the headlines with a truly spectacular open-air performance venue featuring an Outline audio system.

Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre hosted the legendary Crosby, Stills & Nash in early September as part of their 2015 European tour. Accompanied by their backing band the trio performed songs from their extensive catalogue, as well as new material from each member.

Celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2015, the Beat-Herder Festival showcases an extraordinarily eclectic mix of music and performance art spread across 17 separate venues within a working farm near Clitheroe in Lancashire

As the biggest-selling artist in the history of classical music with over 80 million albums sold to date, and one of the very few classical artists to achieve crossover acceptance into the mainstream, Andrea Bocelli is comfortably the most popular classical italian singer in the world today.

After Vietnam, Australia, China and Japan, Outline is enjoying on-going success with the sales of its GTO line arrays, which in fact have been recently purchased by one of Indonesia’s most qualified and respected rental firms, Melodia Sound & Lighting Systems.

SES (Special Event Services) of Winston-Salem, NC and Nashville, TN recently provided a Large Format Outline GTO system for the Greenbrier Classic Concert Series. Produced by Gary Bowman of Nashville Live!

Around one hundred international guests recently attended a series of open days, product demonstrations and technical workshops hosted jointly by Outline s.r.l. and Cadac in Brescia, near lake Garda in northern Italy.

With a concert hall at its core and a number of adjoining service rooms, the functionally designed Kashubian Philharmonic Hall

What professional audio people are saying

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“The GTO was already a winner on paper, due to the box containing superior components: four 3″ (HF), four 8″ (MF), and two 15″ (LF) all in a single enclosure. However it was only when I worked with the system for the first time in front of a 700,000-strong audience that I realized that the GTO was not only far superior on paper, but also compared with anything else I had ever worked with.”

Andrea Taglia - FOH engineer for Andrea Bocelli

“What can I say… Working with Outline Systems is like bringing back the correct acoustic rules… but with really high technology on board fully in control without tricks… The best moment is always when we turn on the full rig… For me it’s like sitting on my Harley on a non-stop ride from the East Coast to the West Coast… Pure pleasure… Chapeau, Monsieur Noselli!… So what can I say… Nothing – just listen… louder!…”

“Outline has done a wonderful job making GTO C-12 sound fabulous right from the start – rich, potent, and with the silky smooth highs that Outline is known for. In a theatre setting, it was the most hi-fi experience, much like sitting at home listening to my reference system.”

Jason Farah - Vice President - Special event services

“Managing Director Keith Davis, Senior Project Manager Martin Connolly, Project Manager Robin Conway and I sat in the back row of the upper bowl and the clarity and sonic performance of the [GTO C-12] system blew us away…the highs, mids and lows were all incredible. There was not even a hint of needing delay hangs for the O2 Arena.”

“It was very risky and I’d never have accepted the challenge without the Outline systems, because I know them inside out!” [ref. World Youth Day in Krakow with 2.5 Million Pilgrims]

Jurek Taborowski – Gigant Sound Letus

“I try to mix the show the way I would want to hear it, nice and punchy with lots of vocals so the crowd can sing along. The GTO C-12 has easily accomplished that task. The system sounds even across the whole spectrum and didn’t seem to shift its tonal balance if it was driven lightly or given its head. Francis Rossi in particular is very in touch with the audience and they hang on his every quip, so having his vocal mic open and crystal clear is paramount. I go for big drums sounds, fat guitars, a good layer of BV’s and make sure all the guitar solos are present.”

Andy May - FOH Engineer - STATUS QUO

“The sound produced by the guys on stage is rich, full and symphonic, and it is essential that I have a PA that capable of delivering this to all corners of the auditorium. The reach of this system is phenomenal – the people at the back of the balconies have been enjoying a far more full frequency spectrum than previously, particularly in the top end. The GTO C-12 system to me is voiced very forward, which makes it very suitable for arena-sized and smaller outdoor shows and this characteristic really helps it push the mix to all corners of the venue.”

Ben Fenner - FOH Engineer - STEVE HACKETT

​”The Outline system works great, and the settings available have enabled me to easily achieve a smooth and natural response across the entire frequency range.”

Howard Page​ - FOH for Sting

“GTO is the closest thing I found in live sound to the definition of studio monitoring. It’s so detailed that you need to treat it with respect. In some ways you have to rethink your mix and be careful not to overlook anything that will show up if it’s not handled carefully.”

Matteo Cifelli - FOH for IL DIVO, Tom Jones, Bryan Adams

“There are very few powerful PA’s on the market that also sound even, tight and clean. GTO is one of them. Its quality is outstanding and like every other Outline product is versatile and easy to manage. The excellent 3D prediction software OpenArray helps to create a perfect sound design too. The R&D team does incredible job. I started using Outline since the Butterfly days and it is always a pleasure to mix using their systems.”

“As a team we bring to professional audio the same legendary Italian passion and creativity that lead the world in many other fields. We listen to our customers so that we can create the true audience experience.“